How I Failed Contract Signing

October 12, 2018 • written by Kevin Olega

Who the heck fails in a Contract Signing?

Apparently, me.

I’ll get to that shortly.

The first call center company I went to was Convergys.

I studied in the middle of the Makati CBD and I kept seeing Convergys recruitment signs so when a friend who worked in a call center told me that Convergys was a call center and one that pays well, I went there immediately.

I needed a job and I needed money so it made sense for me to go as soon as possible.

A few days before I planned, I was at a drinking session, and two chicks in that session said that they were looking for work so I invited them to join me.

In that drinking session, people told me that Convergys was a difficult company to get in to.

That got me excited.

High pay and high difficulty made it important for me to begin with this company.

If I passed, I can slowly save up for my car, my condo and my education.

If I failed, I can reapply after a few months.

I grew up watching a lot of Japanese cartoons.

At the top of my head, I can recall Dragon Ball Z, Yu Yu Hakusho, locally known as Ghost Fighter, Flame of Recca, Rurouni Kenshin or Samurai X, Grappler Baki and more.

One key part of the stories I mentioned is that there’s always some kind of tournament of power and that there’s a form of elimination where only the strongest survive.

There are multiple battles at different stages and not everybody makes it to the final fight.

That being said, I was mentally prepared to go in and get as far into the application stages as I possibly can.

After submitting my resume, we filled out an application form, waited in line and got called.

There were about sixteen people called into a room.

We were asked to introduce ourselves, read some sentences from a sheet of paper, and count up from eleven to thirty-five.

I don’t remember the exact number but that’s what we did.

Finally, we were asked a random question.

I don’t remember the answers but here were some of the examples that I remember.

“If you were stranded on a desert island, and you can bring one food with you, what food would you bring with you? “